Pavlo Hromnytzky 120 Anniversary

Pavlo Hromnytzky (1889-1997)

Famous Ukrainian artist, born in 1889 in Gromnitsa, Ukraine. On December
15, 2009 marks his 120 anniversary. When in St.Petersburg, Hromnytzky
was trained first by Valentin Serov
and later in Ilya
Repin's class at the Academy of Fine Arts. During World War I he
came to Prague, where he continued his artistic classes in the studio
Franz Engelmuller. 1922 - 1925 he studied at Henry Matisse's studio in
Paris, when they became friends. With Matisse's and Pablo Picasso's
support, his personal exhibition opened in 1925 in Paris. Traveled to
Italy, India, Tibet, Japan, USA, worked in Norway. In 1928 he returned
to Prague. One of the most famous artists of the interwar Prague, author
of many landscapes, portraits and still life paintings. Solo
exhibitions were held in Paris, Vienna, Prague, Svidník (Slovakia). His
works are displayed in National museum of Ukraine, also in private
collections in Ukraine, Slovakia, France, Czech Republic, Norway, the
United States.